Tuesday's robbery at the bank on U.S. 11 happened about 9 a.m. The robber, described as a black man wearing a black hoodie and a "Scream"-style mask, demanded money and then fled on foot into an adjoining neighborhood.

Steele Police Chief Greg Walker said police used dogs to track the robber to an area around Azalea Street, but they believed the robber may have had a getaway car waiting there.

Authorities didn't say how much money was taken. No one was injured in the holdup.

Authorities said a black male, about 6-foot-5, entered the bank, pointed a pistol at tellers, took a trash bag out of a garbage can and had three tellers put money in the bag. He then left on foot.

In that robbery, authorities said, Hawkins was wearing a tan coat, jeans, tan boots a full-face toboggan and gloves. A K-9 unit was called, which tracked the suspect's trail across the street, over railroad tracks and into a neighborhood, where authorities believe he got into a vehicle.

The robberies were investigated by the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office, Steele and Gadsden police, Etowah County Drug Task Force and the FBI office in Gadsden. Investigators haven't said what led them to Hawkins.

Authorities charged Hawkins with two counts of first-degree robbery in the two bank robberies. He is being held in the Etowah County Jail on a probation revocation charge.

Court records show Hawkins pleaded guilty in 2009 to an attempted murder charge. Details of that case weren't available, but he received a 10-year suspended and was on probation. He also was charged with first-degree assault that same year, but there is no disposition for that case.